Sentence examples for draft have played from inspiring English sources

Only three players from the 2002 draft have played in the majors.

Eleven players who were chosen in the first round of the 2005 draft have played in the majors, some making an impact on this season's playoff races.

Four of the seven players picked by Oakland (57 percent) among the first 39 picks in that draft have played in the majors, including Brown.

Nine of the 30 first-round picks in the 2001 draft have played in the majors: Joe Mauer of Minnesota, Mark Prior of the Chicago Cubs, Dewon Brazelton of Tampa Bay, Mark Teixeira of Texas, Casey Kotchman of Anaheim, Aaron Heilman of the Mets, Bobby Crosby of Oakland, Jeremy Bonderman of Detroit and Noah Lowry of San Francisco.

The 6-foot-9 May, picked 13th in the 2005 draft, has played in only 58 games in two seasons, averaging 10.4 points and 5.9 rebounds.

Wallin, a fourth-round pick in the 2000 draft, has played in 24 games with the Hurricanes this season, getting 2 goals, 2 assists and 19 penalty minutes.

The Alabama product was selected in the second round of the 2017 draft, has played 27 games in two seasons without a start, and recorded the first two sacks of his career last season.

Although Duncan, the Mets' seventh-round pick in the 2000 draft, had played only 210 professional games before this season, none above Class A, the Mets have quickly discovered that he likes to learn about the game.

Twenty-three other 2001 draft choices have played in the majors, including Chad Gaudin of Tampa Bay, a 34th-round pick.

Six of the seven players the Jets have drafted in the last two years have played offense.

*We're discounting for players drafted since 2013, who couldn't have played for five years yet.